Hetair-
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Hetair- or latinicized Hetaer- is a Greek linguistic root bearing the meaning of companion (cf. Latin Socii and societas). It is used in the following terms:
- Hetairoi (sing. Hetairos), the name of the Macedonian aristocracy and later Companion cavalry
- Hetaira (plural Hetairai), female sophisticated companions, courtesans
- Hetairideia, a festival of Magnesians and Macedonians
- Hetairiai or Ancient Greek clubs, associations of ancient Greeks who were united by a common interest or goal
- Hetairia or Andreia, the Cretan terms for Doric Syssitia (common meals)
- Hetaireios, an epithet of Zeus